Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

20 Interpretation of Part III

(1) In this Part of this Act—

• "appointed day" shall be construed in accordance with section 23 below;

• " construction or maintenance work " means, subject to subsections (2) and (3) below—

  (a)

  building or engineering work involved in the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of buildings and other structures or in the laying out, construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of highways and other land, and

  (b)

  the gritting of or clearing of snow from highways ;

• " development body " means—

  (a)

  in relation to England and Wales—

  (i)

  the Commission for the New Towns;

  (ii)

  a development corporation established under the [1965 c. 59.] New Towns Act 1965 ; and

  (iii)

  the Development Board for Rural Wales;

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland—

  (i)

  any body established under section 3 or 5 of the [1967 c. 78.] Water (Scotland) Act 1967 ;

  (ii)

  a development corporation established under the [1968 c. 16.] New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968; and

  (iii)

  the Scottish Special Housing Association;

  (c)

  in relation to England and Wales and to Scotland, an urban development corporation established under this Act;

• "DLO revenue account" has the meaning assigned to it by section 10(1) above ;

• " functional work " shall be construed in accordance with section 8 above;

• " local authority " means—

  (a)

  in relation to England and Wales, a county council, the Greater London Council, a district council, a London borough council or the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of tile Isles of Stilly ;

  (b)

  in relation to Scotland, a regional, islands or district council;

• " works contract" has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (1) of section 5 above ; and

• " the 1970 Act" has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph (a) of that subsection.

(2) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, in this Act " construction or maintenance work " does not include—

(a) work relating to parks, gardens, playing fields, open spaces or allotments, except to the extent that the work relates to a building or structure; or

(b) the routine maintenance of a specific building or structure or of specific buildings or structures by a person employed wholly or mainly for that purpose;

and a person shall be treated as employed mainly for the purpose referred to in paragraph (b) above If he is employed for that purpose and also to do security work or cleaning work in relation to the building or buildings or structure or structures concerned.

(3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) above, in this Act " construction or maintenance work " does not include work undertaken by a local authority authorised by any enactment to carry on a dock or harbour undertaking if that work is undertaken for the purposes of or in connection with that undertaking.